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Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



If we now consider for a moment the shell-beds in the cave, we are led to 

 the conclusion, principally judging from the absence of cooking places amongst 

 them, and the numerous thin beds of ashes, without doubt the result of camp 

 fires, forming distinct lines of demarcation, that the cave was only occasionally 

 inhabited, and that for their formation alone a long period of time has also to 



be claimed. 



The upper portion of these shell beds, immediately below the surface 

 deposits of European origin, might be assigned to the forefathers of the Maori 

 tribe inhabiting at present the neighbourhood, as according to their communi- 

 cations to the Rev. J. W. Stack, the cave had been used as shelter for their 



fishing parties in former times. 



And thus another step towards the elucidation of the question, when the 

 Moa became extinct has been made, and I have no doubt that future researches 

 in similar localities will not only offer a confirmation of the views, as based 

 upon the results of these excavations, but give us still more material towards 

 a better knowledge of the life and manners of the primitive people who exter- 

 minated the gigantic birds once inhabiting these islands. 



Appendix A. 



Expenses incurred and money received towards the excavations in and near 



the Moa-bone Point Cave : 



9th November, 1872. 

 Subscription — 



Mr. 

 Mr. 



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Edward Jollie 

 Samuel Bealey 

 H. P. Webb 



Mr. J. I). Enys 

 Mr. W. P. Cowlishaw 

 Mr. William Wilson 

 Mr. George Hart 

 Mr. Charles Tripp 

 Mr. Marmaduke Dixon 

 Mr. George Packe 

 Mr. Pi. H. Bhotles 

 Mr. P. H. Meinetzhagen 

 Mr. F. J. Garrick 

 Philosox>hical Institute 

 Canterbury Museum 

 Dr. Julius Haast 



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